Last week I took my car for a roadworthiness inspection. The car passed. For those who do not understand this terminology, what Oyibo calls roadworthiness is that thing many Africans refer to as the spirit of accident. I mean those…
What problems are you facing now? Do you know that that problem has a material cause and needs a material solution? No matter how overwhelming a problem appears, first of all, relax. Do not panic so that you can see…
The word “December” comes from the Latin word “decem,” meaning ten (just like September comes from “Septem,” meaning seven; October from “Octo,” meaning eight; and November from “Novem,” meaning nine). In the first known ancient Roman calendar (developed by Romulus…
Life seems not to care. It seems not to be bothered about our feelings. It provides us with what we need but does not care about how we use it. It does not stop us when we use them wrongly,…
November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. (The Gregorian calendar is the one we are using today.) “November is the last of four months to have a length of 30 days. It is…
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of all saints. This means all those who have found their way to heaven, irrespective of their beliefs, nationality, colour, or language, whether known or unknown, are celebrated today. The origin of All…
On 31 October 1517, the then Catholic [Augustinian] monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of All Saints’ Church and other churches in Wittenberg, Germany. He detailed the areas he thought needed change in the church. This…
Exactly 22 years ago, on the evening of October 31, 2002, Bishop Mark Unegbu, who was the Catholic bishop of Owerri from 1970 to 1993, departed from us. I still vividly remember that evening when the news was broken to…
It is very strange to see many Nīgěriāns appearing to be surprised at what our Oyibo House of Representatives member said and did to a bolt driver. What do you really find surprising? Is it what he said or did?…
If Igboland were colonised by China, I would probably be writing today in Chinese and bearing a Chinese name.I would have possibly been a Buddhist and maybe a Buddhist monk. If no one had colonised us, I would possibly have…
